Philip the Bold : the formation of the Burgundian state by Richard Vaughan(
Book
)54
editions published
between
1962
and
2011
in
English
and held by
1,131 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The theme of Richard Vaughn's first volume in his masterly four-part history of the Valois dukes of Burgundy is uncompromisingly
political and institutional. It is "the emergence of a Burgundian state under Philip the Bold's aegis in the years 1384 to
1404". The book is, after all, subtitled "The Formation of the Burgundian State". Vaughan did not set out to write a biography
of Philip the Bold: his overall aim was "to describe his policies, his administration, his court and his finances, and to
depict Burgundy as a European power". He was aware of the potentially controversial nature of his interpretation in 1962,
and it remains controversial today. Received opinion had tended to link the formation of a Burgundian "state" with the reign
of Philip's grandson, Philip the Good (1419-67), which witnessed the unification of the Low Countries under Burgundian rule.
From this perspective, Philip the Bold was viewed more as an ambitious French prince then as the creator of a new polity on
the European political stage. The central issue addressed by Vaughan's book was whether Philip the Bold was the founder of
a "new", independent state; or was he simply a great prince ("first peer") of France, seeking to expand his resources and
territories at the expense of the French crown, attaining a hegemonic role in French politics by exploiting all the means
at his command? If so, he was essentially similar to other French princes of the blood -- the dukes of Orleans, Berry or Bourbon
-- all of whom were inextricably enmeshed in French power-politics, manipulating the networks of patronage and clientage which
had formed in and around the Parisian court. Vaughan's emphasis, in 1962, on the centralization and coordination of power
and institutions under Philip the Bold can now be offset by an increased awareness of alternative models for the "modern"
state. - Malcolm Vale

John the Fearless; the growth of Burgundian power by Richard Vaughan(
Book
)49
editions published
between
1966
and
2015
in
English
and held by
977 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Examines the Valois dukes political activities in France as head of the Burgundian State from 1404 to 1419

Chronicles of Matthew Paris : monastic life in the thirteenth century by Matthew Paris(
Book
)37
editions published
between
1984
and
1994
in
English and German
and held by
900 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Re-issue of Chronicles of Matthew Paris, published in 1984, but without the "Deeds of the Abbots of St Alban's," and with
many of Matthew Paris's own marginal illustrations to his chronicle reprodued in colour

Philip the Good : the apogee of Burgundy by Richard Vaughan(
Book
)32
editions published
between
1970
and
2012
in
English
and held by
862 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Philip, who ruled from 1419 to 1467, was one of the most powerful and influential rulers of the fifteenth century. Forced
into an alliance with the English, he soon found that he held the balance of power between England and France -- reflected
in the final crucial phase of the Hundred Years War. Under Philip the Good, grandson of the founder of the duchy's power,
Burgundy reached its apogee. Professor Vaughan portrays not only Philip the Good himself, perhaps the most attractive personality
among the four great dukes, but the workings of the court and of one of the most efficent -- if not necessarily the most popular
-- administrations in fifteenth-century Europe. The complex diplomatic history of Philip the Good's long ducal reign (1419-1467)
occupies much of the book, in particular Burgundy's relations with England and France. The central theme is Philip the Good's
policy of territorial and personal aggrandisement, which culminated in his negotiations with the Holy Roman Emperor for a
crown. And due attention is given to the great flowering of artistic life in Burgundy which made Philip's court at Dijon an
important cultural centre in the period immediately preceding the Renaissance. All this is based on the close study of the
considerable surviving archives of Philip's civil service, and on the chronicles and letters of the period. Philip the Good
provides a definitive study of the life and times of the ruler whose position and achievements made him the greatest magnate
in Europe during what has been called "the Burgundian century". - Publisher

The Arctic : a history by Richard Vaughan(
Book
)16
editions published
between
1994
and
2007
in
English
and held by
454 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
As well as describing the explorers and colonists of the Arctic and the various and thwarted attempts to forge a trade route
through the North-West or North-East Passages - including those by the great sixteenth-century explorer Willem Barentsz, and
by Henry Hudson, who died after a mutiny and whose name lives on in Hudson Bay - the book also studies the region's indigenous
inhabitants, in particular the Inuit and Samoyed peoples. Archaeological evidence of early habitation is considered, including
the remarkable Whale Alley on Yttygran Island in Russia's Far East, an Arctic 'Stonehenge'. Later chapters cover the history
of whaling, of the Hudson's Bay Company and other fur traders, and of the exploitation of the Arctic's natural resources.
In the twentieth century exploration for the purposes of scientific research began and conservation became an important issue

Northwest Greenland : a history by Richard Vaughan(
Book
)5
editions published
in
1991
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
241 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This history of Avanersuaq ('the place in the farthest north') in northwest Greenland covers the history and culture of the
Inuhuit (Inuit) people, European and American exploration, whaling, Thule air base, Qaanaaq and the current economic and social
context

In search of Arctic birds by Richard Vaughan(
Book
)13
editions published
between
1991
and
2010
in
English
and held by
159 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Decribes the way birds or their eggs have been hunted, killed and eaten, collected or studied in the Arctic. Also discusses
the conservation of Arctic birds and the ways and means of Arctic birdwatching

Plovers by Richard Vaughan(
Book
)5
editions published
in
1980
in
English
and held by
80 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Arctic summer : birds in North Norway by Richard Vaughan(
Book
)4
editions published
in
1979
in
English
and held by
67 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Description and pictures of the birds of the Varanger Peninsula in north Norway

The Road to War(
Visual
)1
edition published
in
2005
in
English
and held by
66 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This documentary series explores some of the motives and options of some of the principle nations in the lead-up to WWII